Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ominous Pirow. In rigging an alternative Lifeline of Empire around Africa which may soon become in British minds the Lifeline of Empire, Sir Samuel Hoare had on his hands last week an exceedingly tough subject of His Majesty with whom to deal, Union of South Africa's dynamic Defense Minister Oswald Pirow...
...worked to improve the picture. By last autumn Louis was not merely the ablest fighter of his generation but the greatest of all time. His opponents, crediting the myth, approached the ring as though it were an abattoir. Chicago's pugilistic chopping block, King Levinsky, lasted 141 seconds. Tough old Paulino Uzcudun did better. No one had ever knocked out Paulino, in 36 years. Fisti-cuffer Louis did it in four rounds...
...rolypoly baby a mixture half cow's milk, half water. Feed a long, slim baby a mixture three parts milk, one part water; a "medial" baby two parts milk, one part water. Reason, according to Manhattan's Dr. Isaac Newton Kugelmass: normal cow's milk forms tough curds in baby stomachs, diluted milk forms soft curds. Lanky babies secrete enough gastric juices to digest tough curds with no trouble. Other body types require soft curds for comfort. All types "require 10% of mixed sugars added, with supplements of vitamins D and C. On the other hand...
...head like a goat's, but much larger; teeth like a dog's; a body which began like a buffalo's and tapered off like a sea lion's, with two four-toed feet at the rear. Beneath its tough, oily skin were 16 ribs attaching its backbone to a hard breastplate...
Corporal &Marshal. Meanwhile in Italy every newsorgan which reported the doings in London spoke, of Haile Selassie by his family name, "Signore Tafari." However, nobody much bothered to read the papers. All Italy was rapturously celebrating the return from Ethiopia of its Conqueror. His skin seemed suntanned to the toughness of leather. Moist upon it were the kisses of Benito Mussolini as II Duce embraced and smacked on both cheeks grizzled, tough, triumphant Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Viceroy of Ethiopia...